Beta Israel

Before entering the course, I believed that democracy in the Middle East was a viable option but that, because of many cultural reasons, was not the best option for that region. Now, having taken this course and learned about the different aspects of Middle East governance, I do not think that democracy is a viable option at all. It is not the matter of democracy cannot succeed in the Middle East or anything like that, it is the matter of democracy not being properly suited for societies like…

The author of Night, Elie Wiesel, takes the readers through a journey, during a place in time no one wants to visit. The victims during the holocaust were scarred for life “Wiesel and many survived victims wish they could forget what happened, but all say “Never shall I forget” to imply the wish, yet inability to forget” (Nurick para.2). The holocaust was an anti-Semitic event that discriminated Jews as an ethnic, religious, or racial group. Jews were sent to concentration camps, and were…

Giving up can better be defined as the ceasing of belief that something you wish to happen might be possible. In the autobiography Night written by Elie Wiesel, a Jew during World War II, who was sent to a concentration camp, we witness an example of a prisoner of war giving up. Wiesel has strength until the very end of his journey and right before liberation by the americans he looses hope as his father passes away. In life, many prisoners give up hope because of the fear they will never see…

Adolf Hitler, leader of the fascist Nazi party, seized power in Germany during early 1933. Almost immediately after, they began scapegoating Jewish people, blaming them for the problems Germany faced after World War I. On April 1st of the same year, a national boycott of Jewish owned businesses was announced. In the weeks that followed, legislations were passed forcing Jews out of civil services. This was part of Hitler’s larger plan to exterminate all Jewish people from Germany and…

Chapter 36 (Mead) mentions that anthropology was used to explore social problems and now we have to solve another problem of a world on the verge of self-consciousness and a new period is history. Mead states that no one is able to attain the degree of detachment for their own society while remaining a participant member of the society. Additionally, the author mentions that anthropologists’ sees a society or community differently than a traveler. The anthropologists is trained to see complex…

Discrimination against the Jewish religion has a major impact around the world. The Jewish religion is very important because in the world today, religion takes up a big part. Just because of people’s religion choice they could get discriminated, beat to death, or even people will hate their religion as a whole and all of the people that stand for that said religion. Since people have the right to state their opinions everyone should care about everyone’s religion they choose. Opinions can hurt…

Global Stratification: Inequality in Israel Social stratification is an unfortunate reality in today’s world; billions of people suffer in poverty while a small percentages lives lavishly because they hold the majority of the world’s wealth. When people are asked to think of extreme examples of income disparity, many reference developing countries like Chile, India, or the Philippines. Although they are correct, people often overlook income disparity in the world’s developed nations. The…

Adolf Hitler, the Jews, and Mimetic Theory Although raised in a Catholic home, Adolf Hitler may be more of a charismatic opportunist than a religious zealot. However, his strong persona allowed him to employ a quasi-Christian view to set in motion the atrocities of the Holocaust. His tactic centered on turning the people against their Jewish brothers and sisters. The German Jews were contributing citizens in Germany, many of whom were educated and business owners. Hitler viewed the "chosen…

In Shakespeares, The Merchant Of Venice, a Jewish moneylender, Shylock, was in trial over a contract. This contract was between Shylock and Antonio, another main character who was a Christian, which stated that Antonio must pay back the 3000 ducats that he borrowed in 3 months, in failure to do so Antonio must give Shylock one pound of his own flesh. Antonio failed to pay him back so a trial was held and the contract was presented so that Shylock could and would be allowed to collect “his” pound…

The Jews of Anatevka experienced both the threats of annihilation and assimilation in their Russian community. Outside of Anatevka, the world was changing and experiencing modernization. Liberal ideas began to take speed. The changing values that individuals tried to spread throughout Russia posed a threat to the traditional, long-established ideals of Judaism. On the other hand, Russian, violent attacks against the Jews also seemed to be a perceived threat. Russian pogroms threatened the safety…